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HOD.

No. 496,940. Patbnted May. 9, 18931.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL D. I-IURLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,940, dated May 9,1893.

Application filed September 8, 1891- Serlal No. 405,086. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MICHAEL D. HURLEY, residing at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hods; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to an improvement in hods for carrying mortar andsimilar material, its object being to produce a hod for this purpose,which shall be of simple construction, cheap to manufacture, light inweight and effectual in the performance of its functions.

A further object is to produce a hod which will not leak, nor be likelyto become battered on its edges and back; one which will retain itsproper shape, and be very durable.

A further object is to construct a frame for a hod, in such manner thatthe body, when worn, may be removed and replaced by a new one, and sothat the hod may be easily and quickly repaired. With these objects inview the invention consists in certain novel features of constructionand combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter set forth andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of my improved hodframe. Fig. 2 is a View of the hod complete. Fig. 3 is a sectional view.

A represents a frame composed of angle iron, and comprising upper ironsa, or, end irons b, b, b, and b, and bottom iron cl,the latterbeingV-shaped in cross section while the other irons are right-angularin cross section. The end angle irons b, b, are curved to conform to thecurved corners of the end boards of a hod. If desired the upper ironsand end irons b, b, may be made of single pieces, or they may be made intwo pieces and secured together. The same may be said of the end ironsb, b. The lower ends of each pair of end irons b, b, b, b, are rivetedor otherwise secured to the ends of the bottom iron (1. Riveted orotherwise secured at their upper ends to the upper irons a, a, at pointsmidway between their ends, are irons or braces e,-

said irons or braces being secured at their lower ends to the bottomangle iron at. The irons or braces e extend below their connection withthe bottom angle iron (1 and are adapted to enter a wooden handle B, andencircling the latter at its upper end, is a ferrule or band B. Rivetedto the bottom angle iron 01 are cars f, to which a pad or shoulder piece0 is secured, preferably by means of screws. In manufacturing thisframe, it is formed and bent over an iron form or hod of the desiredsize, and the parts riveted together. The sides D of the body arepreferably made of wood fiber and paper, or in some cases it may bedesired to make the body of wood, employing thin boards. When thinboards are employed they will preferably be covered with a suitablewaterproof varnish. The body of the hod, comprising the sides D andend-board h, is first made complete and then placed in the angle ironframe and may be secured by means of screws. A curved angle iron 2' isplaced on the curved upper edge of the end board and secured by means ofa screwj at or near its center. The angle iron 2' is also secured at itsends by means of screws 7c, which pass through the ends of said irons,through the irons and into the body of the hod. A hod constructed asabove described is cheap to manufacture, is light in weight, not liableto leak, and its edges will be protected from injury. The body portionof the hod may be removed when injured and a new body inserted in thesame frame.

Having fully described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A skeleton frame for hods composed of upper irons, end irons andbottom iron con nected together in the general shape or outline of ahod, substantially as set forth.

2. As an article of manufacture, a hod comprising a metal frame forminga skeleton or outline for the body of the hod, a handle to which thisframe is secured, and sides and end constituting the body portion of thehod bounded by said frame 3. As an article of manufacture, a hod com Intestimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

prising a skeleton frame of angle iron made in the general outline of ahod and adapted to bound the body thereof, a body portion consisting ofsides and end, fitted in this skeleton frame of angle iron, and a handleto Witnesses:

which the frame is secured, substantially as OHARLEY FANGJAHN, setforth. 1 J. F. CHRISTIN.

MICHAEL D. I-IURLEY.

